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Knapp Mine

Prospect in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221624
MAS/MILS ID 0300970009
Record type Site
Current site name Knapp Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.9308, 45.61072 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sliderock Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Timber(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 S 014 E 36 SESESE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.9308, 45.61072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 58N
    Thickness 30.5M
    Length 61M
    Width 4M
    Area 0.5HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Strike And Dip N45E:58N
    Total Surface Area (HA) .5
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Knapp, Charles And Edna (Deceased)
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. B. Hanson Or Dean Curtis (Conflicting Claim Notices)
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEETGRASS COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILES OF USBM FILE NUMBER34.41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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